Bandage



Patented May 13, 1930 UNITED STATES ALVINA C. ROXBURG, OF MGPHERSON, KANSAS BANDAGE Application filed October 5, 1928.

The object of the invention is to provide a bandage which may be easily and cheaply manufactured and which may be of such a construction that it may be readily employed 5 for bandaging either of the eyes or either of the ears of the user; and to provide a bandage which, when applied, may be free from any projecting portions and may effectively retain its position without danger of slipping.

lVith this object in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of arts of which a preferred embodiment is ilustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the bandage applied in position over the left e e.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the human head illustrated in Figure 1 but showing those portions of the bandage not shown in Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2 but showing the bandage applied to the ear.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the bandage unattached.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 66 of Figure 5.

The bandage comprises a body portion 10 of sufficient area to cover either the human eye or the ear, there being spaced parallel straps 11 extending from the body portion at one side and a single strap 12 extending from the other side and of approximately the width 5 of the straps 11 combined. The body portion at the side from which the strap 12 extends is out at an angle as indicated at 14; mainly to prevent interference with the nose when the bandage is applied to the eye.

Preferably the bandage is made of a plurality of plies, the illustrated embodiment showing it as comprising the plies 15 and 16 secured together at their edges by the stitch ing 17 extending around the side edges of the 5 body portion and along the sides and ends of the straps.

In Figure 1 it is shown applied to the eye, the body portion 10 covering the eye and the strap 12 extending across the forehead and around the opposite side and across the back Serial No. 310,526.

of the head, the straps 11 extending above and below the ear, being crossed behind the ear and having their terminals secured to the extremity of the strap 12 by appropriate fastening means such as stitching or pins.

In applying the bandage to the ear, the

body portion is disposed in covering relation with the strap 12 efiectively precludes slipping.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A bandage having a body portion of a width to cover the eye or ear of the user, a single strap arranged at one end of the body portion and in continuation of the upper edge for extension part-way around the head, and spaced parallel straps at the other end of the body portion and arranged in continuation of the upper and lower edges thereof, said parallel straps extending around the head in the other direction to meet the single strap and when passing the ear to be arranged respectively above and below the same.

2. A bandage having a body portion of a width to cover the eye or ear of the user, a single strap arranged at one end of the body portion and in continuation of the upper edge for extension part-way around the head, and spaced parallel straps at the other end of the body portion and arranged in continuation of the upper and lower edges thereof, said parallel straps extending around the head in the other direction to meet the single strap and when passing the ear to be arranged respectively above and below the same, the

width of the single strap equalling the con1- bined width of the parallel straps.

3. A bandage having a body portion of a width to cover the eye or ear of the user, a

single strap arranged at one end of the body portion and in continuation of the upper edge for extension part-Way around the head, and spaced parallel straps at the other end of the body portion and arranged in continuation of the upper and lower edges thereof, said parallel straps extending around the head in the other direction to meet the single strap and When passing the ear to be arranged respectively above and below the same, the Width of the single strap equalling the combined Width of the parallel straps, the bandage being of multiple ply secured together throughout the edges of the body portion and the side edges and ends of the straps.

In testimony whereof she afiixes her signature.

ALVINA G. ROXBURG. 

